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Report, UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting: Accelerating Change, annual report 2010, by Maria Malmström et al

News: Aug 17, 2011

The objective of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting: Accelerating Change is to contribute to the abandonment of FGM/C in 17 African countries within a generation. The programme’s holistic, cross-border approach is focused on Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
Launched in 2007, an innovative aspect of the programme is that two UN agencies work in synergy under the leadership of national governments, supporting community-based and national activities that have been identifi ed as leading to positive social change. Therefore the Programme main orientation is to support and accelerate the eff orts already being undertaken at country and regional level through on-going programmes and not being a stand-alone initiative. Working in partnership with governments, civil society, religious leaders, communities and key stakeholders, the Joint Programme aims to achieve a 40 per cent reduction in the practice of FGM/C on infants and girls up to age 15 by 2012. It is also expected that at least one country will declare the total abandonment of the practice during the same period.

Published: UNFPA 2011

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